Author Topic: Obi's Greato-vision Song Contest (tune contest) ENDED IN THE FUTURE WHICH IS NOW (Read 2672 times) Tweet Share

Obi · « **on:** 16 Nov 2007, 13:44 »

What is Obi's Greato-vision Song Contest? It's a song contest where you must compose, write and sing a song. If you don't then you won't win.

This week's Rule: A Country and Western Style Song or an 1980s pop style song. And Remember I'm here to Transform your day into an adventure!

Make it as long or as short as you want to. Country and Western OR 1980s pop are great themes!

EldKatt · « **Reply #1 on:** 16 Nov 2007, 14:22 »

Is singing a requirement?

Pablo · « **Reply #2 on:** 16 Nov 2007, 14:35 »

Quote from: EldKatt on 16 Nov 2007, 14:22

Is singing a requirement?

I don't believe it's required but:

Quote from: Obi on 16 Nov 2007, 13:44

If you don't then you won't win.

Obi · « **Reply #3 on:** 16 Nov 2007, 15:35 »

Well you could get a robot to sing it, or say it like William shatner would.

Vel · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 23:15 »

Is this separate from the tune contest? I hope it is, when the style suits me more I shall take part.

djres · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 23:38 »

I think this is the tune contest for this week. Personally I'm pretty stoked about it, I like the idea of requiring words, it's never been done before that I recall.

InCreator · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 23:51 »

This theme is totally out of my area. I couldn't make country/western or even anything barely similar.
This requires a real guitar, and a skill to play this. And singing? And equipment to record it digitally.
AND, some knowledge about country music overall, which I don't have... does anyone here listen country anyways?

Really though theme, that is. I have to skip this one.

Obi · « **Reply #7 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 01:28 »

aww comon couldn't you give it a try? Perhaps I'll tinker with the rules a bit.

InCreator · « **Reply #8 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 04:28 »

Point of my off-topic and useless reply to this thread is that I don't think a tune contest could achieve much (or any?) participation, yet alone competition, if you make so straight rules. Country is first - non-digital (very hard to make on typically used software), and second, very specific genre. This doesn't leave much options to contestants. Maybe I'm wrong, but I really gave a thought about it and simply don't know where to start.

I'm sorry for littering the thread and I hope that you'll still get some entries, but this theme doesn't leave much room for most of our musicians.

Tuomas · « **Reply #9 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 09:27 »

I'm so making a country/western! I just wish I had the banjo now.

* Tuomas digs up his slide pipe and harmonica

EldKatt · « **Reply #10 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 12:46 »

We'll see to what extent I can comply with the singing part, but I will do something 80's. Expect synth brass and DX piano. Or something.

djres · « **Reply #11 on:** 21 Nov 2007, 07:51 »

http://www.mediafire.com/?7jtt0txznbt

EldKatt · « **Reply #12 on:** 22 Nov 2007, 17:50 »

My 80's entry has the mind-numbingly contemporary title "Let Me Kiss You". It is sung by a person whose voice sounds like a cheesy sampled soprano saxophone. If you can't make out the lyrics, that's your own fault. -.-

http://biphome.spray.se/erik.igelstrom/agsf/eldkatt-let_me_kiss_you.ogg

Tuomas · « **Reply #13 on:** 22 Nov 2007, 20:12 »

What day does this end exactly? i just want to make sure that I have time. i should be done by saturday-sunday aboutsoes...

EldKatt · « **Reply #14 on:** 22 Nov 2007, 20:53 »

In accordance with tradition, tomorrow should be the last day. But in a case like this (just two entries, but more coming) I suggest extending a few days.

Obi · « **Reply #15 on:** 22 Nov 2007, 21:41 »

Tuomas don't worry, if it takes you 10 years to make an entry, this competition will stay open for 10 years. And that's a fact!

nihilyst · « **Reply #16 on:** 22 Nov 2007, 23:05 »

Here is some not-really-country-or-western-style song.

Winter

Lyrics are in German. But they're not making much sense in other languages, either.

cheers
nihilyst

Tuomas · « **Reply #17 on:** 26 Nov 2007, 18:25 »

Yeah, I've got a nice song here that I'm playing and singing. However at the moment I am raping my mcirophone devices because the fucking shithead bastard assholefacecrap refuses to work the way it did for 5 years, so I give up before my guitar breaks down.

ambientcoffeecup · « **Reply #18 on:** 26 Nov 2007, 18:43 »

When is the deadline for this? I might cook something up.

Obi · « **Reply #19 on:** 26 Nov 2007, 19:40 »

Some time in the future so feel free to enter, I'll be glad to listen.

ambientcoffeecup · « **Reply #20 on:** 26 Nov 2007, 19:57 »

Download!

I pretty much got this far and then got bored and stopped. It is MY OWN TAKE on C+W I guess and I still got bored of it.

EldKatt · « **Reply #21 on:** 30 Nov 2007, 13:12 »

Quote from: Tuomas on 26 Nov 2007, 18:25

Yeah, I've got a nice song here that I'm playing and singing. However at the moment I am raping my mcirophone devices because the fucking shithead bastard assholefacecrap refuses to work the way it did for 5 years, so I give up before my guitar breaks down.

Wait. Does this mean you've given up?

Hammerite · « **Reply #22 on:** 30 Nov 2007, 15:07 »

When does this actually end?

Tuomas · « **Reply #23 on:** 30 Nov 2007, 15:08 »

Quote from: EldKatt on 30 Nov 2007, 13:12

Wait. Does this mean you've given up?

Yeah, I'm letting someone else win this one. I tried it for 3 days with non success. I just can't fix my sound settings :/

InCreator · « **Reply #24 on:** 06 Dec 2007, 11:40 »

Obi, don't hold the tune contest forever.

Hammerite · « **Reply #25 on:** 06 Dec 2007, 16:22 »

shall we vote?

Obi · « **Reply #26 on:** 08 Dec 2007, 01:40 »

ok, ok it won't last forever it'll just last for an eternity. But seriously now, I have to say I'm a bit disappointed with the lack of entrants. It's obvious to me that I didn't send enough death threats to people.

But I have to choose a winner and don't think I didn't listen to the songs because I did, at least 1000 times. Why else do you think I haven't been here? For one I know it's not because of the lack of time. Because I can make time and don't you forget that. The real reason was, I was scared, scared people would see me. For I had been living in Panama Panam-haha after losing my memory while on a Kayak.

Now to all you people that didn't include Vocals, you didn't win.

But I liked EldKatt's so much I made vocals for him which makes me part winner yay!
Congratulations here is the finished song http://www.laserfrog.co.uk/scrabbletogether.mp3

djres · « **Reply #27 on:** 08 Dec 2007, 04:21 »

W00t, we havea winner! Congrats Eldkatt, looking forward to your theme for the next contest.

Need to work on those high notes there, Obi

Could be the first mention of scrabble I've ever heard in a song, come to think of it.

EldKatt · « **Reply #28 on:** 09 Dec 2007, 16:40 »

Wait. Did I win?

OK. Thanks. New contest as soon as I can think of something good.

Obi · « **Reply #29 on:** 09 Dec 2007, 17:43 »

Could at least seem a bit happier about it!

EldKatt · « **Reply #30 on:** 09 Dec 2007, 18:16 »

YAY! The winner am I!

Or we. Good one, team.

Buckethead · « **Reply #31 on:** 09 Dec 2007, 19:05 »

Obi should win more often! This tune contest was so sweet !